Bahá’í 360

C ast away the things ye possess, and cling to that which God hath bidden you observe. Seek ye His grace, for he that seeketh it treadeth His straight Path.

quote 4679 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

G od hath committed into your hands the reins of the government of the people, that ye may rule with justice over them, safeguard the rights of the down-trodden, and punish the wrong-doers.

quote 4680 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

P eace demandeth that the Great Powers should resolve, for the sake of the tranquillity of the peoples of the earth, to be fully reconciled among themselves.

quote 4681 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

T he Great Being, wishing to reveal the prerequisites of the peace and tranquillity of the world and the advancement of its peoples, hath written: The time must come when the imperative necessity for the holding of a vast, an all-embracing assemblage of men will be universally realised.

quote 4682 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

T he rulers and kings of the earth must needs attend it, and, participating in its deliberations, must consider such ways and means as will lay the foundations of the world’s Great Peace amongst men.

quote 4683 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

T read ye the path of justice, for this, verily, is the straight path.

quote 4684 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

C ompose your differences, and reduce your armaments, that the burden of your expenditures may be lightened, and that your minds and hearts may be tranquillised.

quote 4685 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

H eal the dissensions that divide you, and ye will no longer be in need of any armaments except what the protection of your cities and territories demandeth.

quote 4686 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

T he earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.

quote 4687 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

K now ye that the poor are the trust of God in your midst. Watch that ye betray not His trust, that ye deal not unjustly with them and that ye walk not in the ways of the treacherous.

quote 4688 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

P ut your whole trust and confidence in God, Who hath created you, and seek ye His help in all your affairs.

quote 4689 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

B eware not to deal unjustly with any one that appealeth to you, and entereth beneath your shadow.

quote 4690 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

D ecide justly between men, and be ye the emblems of justice amongst them. 1

quote 4691 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

W e beseech God to assist the kings of the earth to establish peace on earth.

quote 4692 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

B e united, O kings of the earth, for thereby will the tempest of discord be stilled amongst you, and your peoples find rest, if ye be of them that comprehend.

quote 4693 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

S hould any one among you take up arms against another, rise ye all against him, for this is naught but manifest justice.

quote 4694 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

M an is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a proper education hath, however, deprived him of that which he doth inherently possess.

quote 4695 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

T he Great Being saith: Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom.

quote 4696 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

I f the learned and worldly-wise men of this age were to allow mankind to inhale the fragrance of fellowship and love, every understanding heart would apprehend the meaning of true liberty, and discover the secret of undisturbed peace and absolute composure.

quote 4697 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

H e must purge his breast, which is the sanctuary of the abiding love of the Beloved, of every defilement, and sanctify his soul from all that pertaineth to water and clay, from all shadowy and ephemeral attachments.

quote 4698 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

H e must so cleanse his heart that no remnant of either love or hate may linger therein, lest that love blindly incline him to error, or that hate repel him away from the truth.

quote 4699 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

F or the tongue is a smouldering fire, and excess of speech a deadly poison. Material fire consumeth the body, whereas the fire of the tongue devoureth both heart and soul. The force of the former lasteth but for a time, whilst the effects of the latter endureth a century.

quote 4700 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

O My brother! When a true seeker determineth to take the step of search in the path leading unto the knowledge of the Ancient of Days, he must, before all else, cleanse his heart, which is the seat of the revelation of the inner mysteries of God, from the obscuring dust of all acquired knowledge, and the allusions of the embodiments of satanic fancy.

quote 4701 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

T hat seeker must, at all times, put his trust in God, must renounce the peoples of the earth, must detach himself from the world of dust, and cleave unto Him Who is the Lord of Lords.

quote 4702 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

T hat seeker should, also, regard backbiting as grievous error, and keep himself aloof from its dominion, inasmuch as backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul.

quote 4703 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

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